Re: [Evolution] Automatic folder cleaning

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Wed, 2017-12-27 at 12:40 +0100, Gabriele Brosulo wrote:
> Il giorno mer, 27/12/2017 alle 11.24 +0000, Pete Biggs ha scritto:
> > On Wed, 2017-12-27 at 10:48 +0100, Gabriele Brosulo wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > I'm flooded by a lot of messages coming from servers I administer, and
> > > actually I move them into folders using filters.
> > > I'm wondering if there is a way to tell Evo (3.12.9) to clean folders
> > > automatically, in order delete messages older than 1 month.
> >
> > I don't think it works for 3.12, but in 3.26 if you right click on the
> > folder name and then preferences there's an "AutoArchive" tab and you
> > can configure it there to delete messages older than a configurable
> > age.
>
> Nope, 3.12 does not have a "Preferences" link right clicking the folder
> name. It just have a "Properties" link (maybe it's just an Italian
> translation issue?),

Sorry, yes, properties not preferences.

>  but there's no AutoArchive tab.
>
> Do you think it's possible to have Evolution upgraded on an oldstable
> Debian box?
It's difficult - near impossible. The backend EDS has lots of
dependencies on recent Gnome libraries so you have to build lots of
other things. It's probably easier to install a different distro!

P.